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A scammer defrauds or tricks people into giving up items of value usually money or personal information through deceptive schemes and lies known as scams. Key Characteristics of a Scammer Deception and Fraud: They use dishonest methods to manipulate and trick their victims. False Identity: They often pose as trustworthy…
A Cyber Criminal is an individual or group who uses a computer, computer network, or networked device to commit or facilitate illegal activities. They are the perpetrators of cyber crime. They are motivated by a variety of factors, and often classified based on their skill level and their goal: Type…
An Online Shopping Scam is a fraudulent practice where cybercriminals use the internet to deceive customers into paying for goods or services that are either: Non-existent and will never be delivered. Counterfeit or of significantly poor quality. Part of a scheme to steal your personal or financial information. Scammers set…
A Job Scam, or employment fraud, is a fraudulent scheme where a scammer poses as a legitimate employer or recruiter to steal a job seeker's money, personal information, or both. These scams prey on the urgency and hope of people looking for work, especially those seeking flexible, high-paying remote roles.…
A Cryptocurrency Scam is any fraudulent scheme designed to trick victims into sending cryptocurrency, sharing their private wallet keys, or investing in fake crypto assets or platforms, exploiting the decentralized and often irreversible nature of blockchain transactions. Since cryptocurrency transactions are typically final and hard to trace, they are a…
A Pump and Dump Scam is a form of illegal securities fraud where fraudsters artificially inflate ("pump") the price of a stock or asset through false, misleading, or exaggerated statements, and then quickly sell ("dump") their own holdings at the inflated price for a massive profit. This leaves the vast…
Pyramid Scheme is a fraudulent business model. In this participants make money primarily by recruiting new members who pay an initial fee or purchase a product kit, rather than by selling a genuine product or service to actual customers. The scheme gets its name because, at each level, the number…
A Ponzi Scheme is an investment fraud that pays returns to earlier investors by using the capital collected from new, incoming investors, rather than from actual profits earned by any legitimate business or investment activity. Here is a breakdown of how it works and why it always collapses: How a…
An Investment Scam (or investment fraud) is a type of fraud that manipulates people into investing money into fraudulent, non-existent, or worthless opportunities by promising high profits with little to no risk. The scammer's ultimate goal is to steal the victim's money by having them deposit funds into the false…
A Lottery Scam is a type of fraud where scammers trick victims into believing they have won a large sum of money or a valuable prize in a lottery, sweepstakes, or prize draw they usually didn't even enter. The scam works by convincing the victim to pay an upfront fee…
